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Founded in February 2005, acquired by Google Inc. in 2006, YouTube is a consumer media company for people to watch and share original videos worldwide through a Web experience. People can see first-hand accounts of current events, find videos about their hobbies and interests, and discover the quirky and unusual. As more people capture special moments on video, YouTube is empowering them to become the broadcasters of tomorrow.
CEOChad Hurley
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NAICS Code Other Motion Picture and Video Industries: 512199
Recent Events
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Rank For Competitve Keywords in Google Organic Search Results with Videos
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AOL Video Search Site Truveo Relaunches In 17 Nations; Lands Deal With Univision
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PolyU YouTube Channel Unveiled Today
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French Indie Label Group Sues YouTube
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YouTube's Losses Not as Bad as Once Thought
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Digital Dealmaker
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YouTube launches YouTube XL
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'SWAP' HOUSE RAID
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(815 emails)
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YouTube Moves Closer to the Boob Tube
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Midwest Region June People & Places
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BBC and YouTube may launch international iPlayer site
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Should YouTube Charge for User Generated Videos?
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Home Depot uses YouTube as PR tool
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Google: Where Failure Is Instructive
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The Morality And Effectiveness Of Process Journalism
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YouTube may revive music streaming as PRS for Music cuts royalties
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YouTube hit by porn storm
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Copyright Meets a New Foe
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YouTube showing Besson documentary 'Home'
News & Analysis
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Hey, TLC! "Jon & Kate" Promotional Video Should Be Viral
BNET
- 2009-06-22
No, I will not be watching tonight's very special edition of "Jon and Kate Plus 8," but as it has been so far in this season of this increasingly exploitative series, it's a little hard to avoid its publicity, and the fact, that tonight, the once-happy-couple-with-the-eight-kids is going to make...
Video Usage Online Spiking
BNET
- 2009-06-19
According to a report released by Nielsen late last week, overall online video usage, measured as time per user, rose in May to 188.7 minutes for an annual growth rate of 48.9 percent over May 2008. That would be over three hours of online video viewing by the 133,797,000 users...
Microsoft To Scale Back Its YouTube-Rival Soapbox
Content Next
- 2009-06-16
Two years after making a strategic decision to launch a user-generated video upload service of its own rather than buy another site, Microsoft is pulling back from the market. Microsoft Corporate Vice President Erik Jorgensen tells CNET that the company is rethinking the strategy around the service it launched—Soapbox....
Foreign Media Banned in Iran so Twitter and YouTube Rock On
BNET
- 2009-06-16
News coverage of the situation in Tehran and other Iranian cities today has reverted back to the early stages of the rebellion last Saturday, i.e., once again we have to get most of our news from social media. The reason is that the Iranian government has today banned foreign media...
YouTube Tests Choose-Your-Own Ads
Content Next
- 2009-06-15
Adding more fuel to the notion that there's no one "sweet spot" for ad formats on YouTube, comes news that the video site is testing out a "choose your own" ad feature. Viewers will be able to pick between watching a single pre-roll ad (usually 30 seconds or longer)...
The Early Verdict? Ford's Fiesta Movement Is Money Well-Spent
Content Next
- 2009-06-11
When Ford gave 100 social media-savvy people a free Fiesta and told them to document their experiences on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube for the next six months, the company had to know that there would be some interesting and possibly unfavorable situations that would come up. —The good: In...
Analyst Survey: Why Cable Operators Should Fear Hulu Not YouTube
Content Next
- 2009-06-09
With so many video aggregators, user-generated video sites and P2P file-sharing options, people can watch TV on the web in any number of ways—legal and illegal. But those vast options also make it hard to difficult to track viewing habits—and yet those patterns are critical to the future of...
Search Flickr, MSDN, YouTube, Others with Windows 7 Search Connectors
BNET
- 2009-06-09
Did you know that Windows 7 includes doohickeys called Search Connectors that let you search specific sites and services from the comfort of a folder on your desktop? This has been one of the most under-hyped capabilities of Microsoft's newest OS, but it's pretty darned convenient and powerful. And I've...
Vevo in talks to bring indie labels on board
Strategy Eye
- 2009-06-08
Vevo, the music video joint venture between Universal and YouTube, is in talks with a consortium of independent records labels, A2IM, to bring additional music content to the site. A deal would be a crucial boost to the Vevo project, which is trying to establish itself as a key...
Sony joins YouTube-Universal music venture
Strategy Eye
- 2009-06-04
Sony Music Entertainment is joining Vevo, the music video joint venture formed by YouTube and Universal Music Group. Sony will provide backing for the project in the form of an undisclosed equity stake alongside access to its music catalogue. Universal’s...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Chad Hurley | CEO |
| Steve Chen | CTO |
| Suzie Reider | Director, Sales |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| YouTube Inc. | CEO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| YouTube Inc. | CTO | Current |
Suzie Reider is the Chief Marketing Officer at YouTube. She is responsible for overseeing YouTubea s advertising sales and marketing teams, while also managing research, consumer insights and finding innovative way for marketers to participate in the YouTube community. Before joining YouTube, Suzie was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Games and Entertainment Division at CNET Networks, Inc. which includes GameSpot, TV.com and MP3.com. At CNET Networks, Suzie oversaw all aspects of the business including product development, ad sales, marketing strategy and online advertising research trends. Under her leadership, the GameSpot and MP3.com sales and marketing teams created some of the most innovative online advertising campaigns in the industry. Suzie also spearheaded the ground-breaking first online Starch campaign which received critical acclaim in the advertising industry. Before joining CNET Networks, Suzie spent 14 years with Ziff-Davis publishing where she leveraged her expertise in advertising sales, promotions, events, research and marketing for various computer and gaming publications. Suzie received a BA in English from Middlebury College. A Boston native, she now resides in San Francisco with her husband and two daughters.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Madison Avenue Consultants, LLC | Cmo, Youtube.Com | Current |
| YouTube Inc. | Director, Sales | Current |
| Millennials Conference | Head of Advertising, Youtube | Current |
| Madison Avenue Journal | Current | |
| CNET Networks, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Games | Former |
| Middlebury College | BA In English | Former |
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